Bag holder



May 22, 1923.-

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Patented May 22, 1923.

WILLIAM J. BORLASE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG HOLDER.

Application filed June 27, 1922. Serial No. 571,239.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. BORLASE,

a citizen of the United States, residing in easily supported thereby or removed therefrom without injury thereto other than ordinary frictional wear.

It is well known that in wet wash laundries where family wash orders are placed in appropriately marked bags, the colored clothes, after being washed, are first placed in the bag and afterward the washed white clothes. Owing to the fact that the colored pieces are comparatively few in number they are usually put in the bags while the latter are hanging upon the wall or rack. Afterward the bags are carried and then attached to a holder, usually near the wringer, to receive the white pieces. It is obvious therefore that the bags are sometimes weighty when carried to the holder and it is difficult for one person to support the weight and at the same time properly attach the mouth of the bag in an open position.

Another object of my invention is to so construct a bag holder that it will support the major portion of the weight of the bag so as to allow the easy attachment of the mouth of the bag; the structure be ing such that after the mouth of the bag is properly attached that the bag can be quickly allowed to assume its full extended position for'the completion of the filling operation.

These objects and other advantageous ends, which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bag holder made in accordance with my invention, a bag being illustrated in dot-and-dash lines,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of said bag holder,

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Figure 3 is a top plan view o'f'said bag holder,

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure '1,

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the supporting column,

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation illustrating theattachment of a bag, and

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the struc- Referring tothe drawings, my improved ibag holder includes a base 8 which in the present form is made up of a metallic plate 9 and looped legs 10, said legs '10 being formed by bending the ends of metallic strips 11.

porting column 13 whichissecured in any suitablemannerto the base of plate "9. .In the present instance 1' have illustrated this column 13 screwed into a stanchion socket 1 1-; the latter being riveted to the top of the The strips 11 may be soldered, riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the,

ture shown in Figure 6 the mouth 'of' t he bag being 111 a stretched, open position.

plate 9 centrally between its side edges.

The standard 12 includes a supporting post 15 which telescopically fits the column 13. This post 15 is preferably made of a pipe which has T-shape slots 16 cuttherein at distances apart withinitshei'ght.

A bracket-17 is clamped on the column 13 below its top and forms a pivotal sup port for a latch 18, said latch adjacent its free end being T-shape in cross section the cross section being of a size to allow said free end of the latch to enter-any one. of

the T-shape slots in the post 15. The top of the column 13 is preferably notched asv shown at 19 in Figure 5 to allow the free end of the latch to rest therein and by said construction the post 15 can be adjusted vertically and held in any of its adjusted positions.

A -y0ke shape head 20. is secured upon the top of the post 15 and this yoke-shape head has its leg portions 21 leading sub stantially parallel and away from the post 15 as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2.

- The top of the head 20 has an outwardly projecting flange 22 for a purpose here inafter set forth. It will thus be noted that the head 20 viewed from the top is substantially U-shape. I also preferably provide the head 20 with short flanges or extensions 23 adjacent its bottom and below the top flange 22.

A yoked or U-shape supporting stretcher 24 has arms 25 which fit adjacent the outer side surface of the head 20 and are located .below the top flange 22 and above the bottom flange 23. The arms 25 of the supporting stretcher 24 are preferably made of resilient strip steel and at their free ends are provided with terminal pieces 26. These terminals pieces can be made separately if desired and secured to the arms 25 or they can be madeintegral therewith. The arrangement is such that the yoked supporting stretcher 24 can be slid with its arms between the flanges of the head 20 and to facilitate this action I preferably provide the bowed end 27 of the stretcher'with a handle 28.

Each of the terminal pieces 26 includes a top finger 29 which points away from the ends 30 ofthe legs 21 of the head 20. Below the fingers 29 on the terminal pieces are other fingers 31 and between the fingers 29 and 31 on each terminal piece a notch or under-cut portion 32 is located said notch leading under the finger 29. The fingers 31 preferably extend beyond the ends of the fingers 29 for a purpose hereinafter rendered obvious.

The column 13 is cut away to provide an opening 33 in which is located a grooved pulley wheel 34 as clearly shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4. This ulley wheel is mounted on an axle 35 which is preferably in the form of a bolt attached to and extending through the column 13.

A guide device 36 which can be made of two bent strips, of angle iron is secured adjacent its top by the bolt 35, the lower end of said guide device being bent and secured to the base plate 9. By arranging the guide device as illustrated, a slot or guideway 3? is provided. An extension or flange 38 of a hoisting pedal 39, extends through said guideway, said pedal having a portion adapted to slidably abut the surface 40 of theguide device 36. A weight hoist 41 includes a bracket 42. This bracket has a hole 43 through which extends the column 13 so that the weight hoist bracket slides vertically on the column 13. The arrangement is such that the plate portion 44 of said hoist projects a considerable distance beyond the column 13 so that if weight is placed upon said portion 44 at a position remote from the column 13 the bracket 42 will slightly rock causing the hole 43 to move slightly out of vertical position so that the inner surface thereof will bind or jam against the column 13 and the plate portion 44 will support the load or weight without dropping. A cable 45 has one end attached to the hoist plate 41 at a position adjacent the column 13. This cable extends extension 46 ocated near the column 13 and v by so arranging the extension 46 it is merely necessary totouch the extension 46 with the foot in order to lower the hoist plate.

In the use of my invention, considering that it is desired to support a bag such asthe bag 47, the mouth portion of the bag placed between the legs of the head 20 and between the arms of the supporting stretcher 24. The upper edge portion of the bag is then first turned downward around the outer portion of the flange 22 so as to cover the top of the head. Then the remaining portion of the edge of the bag is turneddownward around the fingers 29 so as to enter the notch 32 of the terminal pieces 26.

The portion 27 of the supporting stretcher. is then pushed toward the portion 48 of the head 20 and in so doing the terminal pieces 26 will be moved away from the ends 30 of the legs 21 and the mouth of the bag will be stretched. During-the stretching movement, as clearly shown in Figure 7, the arms 25 will be bent toward each other and will frictionally engage the outer surfaces of the legs 21 of the head 20; the friction being sufficient to prevent an accidental return sliding movement of the arms 25. fore the mouth of the bag will be held in its stretched, open position until released by the operator pulling on the handle 28.

If, when the bag is brought to the holder, there are any articles in the bag so as to make it weighty it is merely necessary for the operator to place his foot upon the pedal I 39 so as to raise the hoist plate 41 'and allow There the bottom of the bag to rest on. the hoist plate, thus relieving the upper portion of the bag of said weight and allowing the op-' erator to easily turn the top edge of thebag over the head and supporting stretcher as above described. After the top of the bag has been properly attached the operator can then lower the hoist plate by placing his foot upon the extension 46 and the bag is open to its full capacity to allow the filling thereof through the open mouth.

To release the bag, it is merely necessary to pull slightly on the handle 28 and the arms will be returned to their normal positions and the bag can be easily removed from the holder.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a bag holder, stretching means hav ing arms with portions around which parts of the open end of a bag can be turned downwardly and a structure having a portion over which other parts of the bag can be turned downwardly and outwardly, said arms providing an unobstructed open entrance space therebetween extending in a substantially horizontal plane to allow a free movement of bags therethrough between said arms in a substantially horizontal direction for attachment or detachment of said parts of the bag, said stretching means including a portion projectingbeyond the confines of the parts of the bag so as to be out of contact therewith when attached or while being attached, said projecting portion being operatively movable to effect a relative substantially parallel sliding movement between said arms and said structure, said bag engaging portion of said structure including a part located in a plane passing vertically between said arms.

2. In a bag holder, a yoked support; and arms slidable adjacent the sides of said yoked support, said arms having under-cut fingers around which a portion of the open end of the bag can be turned downward, said yoked support having a portion around which another part of the open end of the bag can be turned.

3. In a bag holder, supporting means over which the open end of a bag can be turned; and means for stretching said open end of the bag to hold the mouth in an open position, said stretching means having a portion adapted to be flexed, by the bag, into holding position with said first means.

4:. In a. bag holder, a yoked supporting structure having a flange positioned to allow a portion of the mouth of a. bag to be turned downward thereover so that the downwardly turned edge of the bag will engage behind the flange; and stretching arms for engagement with other portions of the mouth of the bag and being spaced apart at their outer ends to provide an uninterrupted movement ot the bag in a horizontal direction into and out of the yoked supporting structure.

In a bag holder, supporting means for the mouth of a bag; and yoked means movable relatively to said supporting means to stretch said mouth into an open position, said supporting means and stretching means having portions for holding engagement with each other automatically efl'ective by said stretching movement imparted to the mouth of the bag. i

6. In a bag holder, stretching means having arms with portions downward around ing means including a portion operative to 1 portion of the supporting structure includslide both of said arms, said bag-engaging ing a part located in a plane passing ver I I tically between said arms.

7. In a ba holder,two yoked members slidable relatively to each other, said members each having a portion for engagement with the mouth of abag, one of said members having resilient arms for binding engagement with the other member upon the stretching action of the bag.

8. In a bag holder, a supporting structure having a portion for engagement with a part of the mouth of a bag; and means movable relatively tosaid supporting structure. I

H and having under-cut portions leading down- I ward fromthe top thereof allowing another part of the mouth of the bag tobe turned downward thereunder.

9. In a bag holder, a standard; means for supporting the open end of a bag at a position to one side of the standard; a hoist. slidable on said standard and having a b ag-- bottom supporting part projecting'beyond said standard and adapted, when weight is imposed thereon, to .bind upon said standof the bag can be turned, said arms being V resilient so as to be bent into engagement with the yoked support when the bag is stretched.

11. In a bag holder, ayoked support; and a member having arms slidable adjacent the sides of said yoked support said arms having'terminal pieces providing forwardly projecting fingers downward around which a portion of the open end of a bag can be turned, said yoked support having a portion around which another part of the of the bag can be turned. j

12. A standard, means projectingforward of said standard for holding the mouth of a i bag so that the bag is in a. suspended position forward of the standard; a hoist plate slidable on said standard and projecting foropen end & 1,456,175

Ward of the standard under the bottom of the bag; and lifting means operative on said hoist plate eta position near said standard whereby the raising movement will release the binding of the hoist plate on the standard and Will allow the hoist plate to be smoothly lifted.

In testimony WhereoflI have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. BORLASE.

\Vitnesses CHARLES H. STEEL,

ELEANOR N. MAGEE. 

